Is it possible to call a function on submission of a form?

[jewel464g]

I have a page that allows a user to edit a database. There is an edit part, delete part, etc. Right now I'm using If else statements. The page is getting rather crowded. I would like to be able to break it up into functions so it would be easier to read. What I need to know is after editing the fields, is there a way to call the function on the same page by clicking the submit button? I'm new to PHP so please forgive me if this is a dumb question.

 

[Kindon]

Yes and no.

PHP is a server side scripting language and none of the PHP code goes to the user. So no. You can not call it directly like that.

Yes you can submit the page to itself and then call your function. It will look like a page refresh to the user (unless they click back). You can use JavaScript to route the action part of a form depending on the user input.

Remember that PHP requires the server for processing and therefore results in a new page being sent to the user. JavaScript works good to have processing done on the client before a submission is sent to the server.

Hope this helps!

Scott

 

[AnakinPt]

No, you can't. You have to do a reload of the page and here you call the function Anikin
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